Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1887-06-16

Tho Lofty Destlny Reserved for the Fat
~ nIaidens Of tho Pacific Slope.

Tho Lofty De9tiny Reserved TOR fho Entr
"a Maidsns Of tho Pacific Slope, oiI
An English visitor observed lastweek
TO reporter that the longer he stayed
here the more astonished he was at the
physical superiority Of the ladies Of
San Francisco to the men. There is,
he says, no comparison between them.
either in face, figure or style. The re-
mark has been made before, and its
justice has been generally acknowl-
edged. 1t is worth while inquiring
whether there is any discoverable
ground for tho difference between the
sexes. ls o 3 7gts
Here are two children Of tho Same
family-a boy and girl. Both grow
up under the same influences. eat
the same food. breathe the same air
and lead the same lives. Yet In
many cases, tho boy will become an
understood man, with narrow chest and
lean shanks; while the girl will ripen
into woman with a figure which
would draw tears Of joy from a sculpt.
or. Nor does the contrast stop here.
A large proportion Of our young men
have insignificant commonplace faces,
which nobody would think Of looking
at twice; whereas, out Of four young
girls just out of their teens, three arc
likely to be handsome, il not lovely.
So with style. Quite number Of the
young men of our best families are de-
fective in manner and get-up; but a
California girl can not enter o BALI
room either here or in New York, Lon.
don OF Paris without creating q sensa-
ton, and setting every one asking:
Who Is that beautiful creatureP She
walks goddess and she steps queen.
Psychologists who believe that the
son inherits the physical nature Of the
mother; while the daughter is cast in
the father's mold, may possibly attempt
to account for the superiority Of Cali
fornia girls to their brothers by re-
ferring TO the high physical standard
Of the males who came to this State q
quarter of q century ago and over. II
was SO arduous task to reach Cali
fornia in those days that only the
strong and hardy undertook the Jour-
ney; and of those who came whisky
disposed of large portion. The sur.
vivors were a picked race, choice
people. 1t would-bc natural that they
should have daughters with rosy cheeks
and opulcnt forms--women fitted Il
become the mothers of largo families
of stalwart sons. But the law O.
hcredity as to the transmission Of ply.
sical form is not as yet well defined
Boys often inherit their mothers MIND
| and their fathers frame; girl
sometimes. ressmblc their ,iiotho
in figure and their father in intellect
sonic. again. skip over both parent!
and receive the lincaments and men
tai characteristics Of the grandpar
ents. -tA tt N3
1t is probably the destiny Of a ma
jority Of the young men growing I,
manhood in this State to make them
selves homes elsewhere. while thoi
places here will be taken by emigrant
from other States and other countries
These latter will take to themselve
wives Of California birth, and the of
spring of the birth promises to be til
vigorous and able type of American
manhood. Not the dclicately beautiful
girls of Boston or Baltimore, nor til
charming creatures with half develope
physique whom one sees in New Yor
and Philadelphia, can ever become tn
mothers Of heroes. That lofty destin
Is reserved for women with SCUM
minds in sound bodies. and with tina
| delicate refinement which spring
from innate nobility of soul; 1t belong
to the daughters Of this State. TIL
American type will hail from So
Francisco. San Francisco Call.